Petrus Vaalbooi, a former chairperson of the San Council and a member of the Community Property Association. He was one of the first community members to go overseas to promote the Land Claims process.Petrus worked alongside his mother, Elsie Vaalbooi, to locate other N|uu speakers in the townships in and around Upington, South Africa.

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The grave of an unidentified ranger who died of malaria. The grave is fenced in to protect it from animals and vehicles which may damage it. Images from this trip document the first excursions into the Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park and were a central part of the work on oral history and mapping in the first years of research.

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The ǂKhomani San would travel to the bee hive once a year to collect honey. The San differentiate between two types of bees based on their size. It is the smaller one that stings. Images from this trip document the first excursions into the Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park and were a central part of the work on oral history and mapping in the first years of research.

Karel "Vet Piet" Kleinman shows a small assegai and an whetstone of San origin found at the archaeological site of the ǂKhomani San 's former living area near Mbiwe.Images from this trip document the first excursions into the Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park and were a central part of the work on oral history and mapping in the first years of research.

Aenki Kassie and her daughter Magdalena Kassie in Paris as guests of United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) to present on a heritage management project they launched with the South African San Institute (SASI). Magdalena Kassie played a pivotal role in promoting the language to San youth and the wider public. She passed away in 2010. Aenki Kassie was a key played ion the revitalisation of the N|uu language. She was one of the last recorded N|uu speakers. She died in 2013 at the age of 71.

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A research team stands near an acacia tree in the Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park. The tree marks the site of a former living area for the ǂKhomani San and is now an archaeological site.Images from this trip document the first excursions into the Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park and were a central part of the work on oral history and mapping in the first years of research.

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One of the first boreholes made in the Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park. It is a 110ft/33.5m deep and hand dug. Images from this trip document the first excursions into the Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park and were a central part of the work on oral history and mapping in the first years of research.

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During one of the early research trips to the Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park, a trip was made to two adjacent grave sites near a former settlement near Twee Rivieren. Several historically significant Bushmen are buried in these graveyards. While walking between these graveyards, the elders rest to catch their breath and the children play on the dunes.Images from this trip document the first excursions into the Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park and were a central part of the work on oral history and mapping in the first years of research.

Jakob Malgas and Lena Malgas posing in front of limestone grottoes at Witdraai in the Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park. These grottoes played an important part in the ǂKhomani San's cultural heritage. At one time, they were used as a prison for the San and inmates were chained to the interior walls. In later times, upon returning from the Empire Exhibition, the participants discovered their homes had been burnt down by Basters (the descendants of Cape Colony Dutch and indigenous African women). Several San community members including Ouma |Una Rooi came to live here.Images from this trip document the first excursions into the Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park and were a central part of the work on oral history and mapping in the first years of research.

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Summer hunting camp and meeting area near Twee Rivieren used by the ǂKhomani San Images from this trip document the first excursions into the Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park and were a central part of the work on oral history and mapping in the first years of research.